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四庫

简四库 · 繁四庫

Mandarin · pinyin sì kù

the four book depositories, namely: classics 經, history 史, philosophy 子 zǐ, belles-lettres 集

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四: sì · four
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库: kù · armory, treasury, storehouse

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4–4 · si4 ku4

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